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TI-2009-04910 Aliases CVE-2009-10007GHSA-pfqm-wq4x-p42c

Session fixation in ether Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-384Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.

Summary

Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions before 0.10_027 for Perl is susceptible to session fixation attacks. Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication does not automatically change the session id after authentication. An attacker that obtains a session id cookie can use this to impersonate the victim.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00369 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication (ETHER): 0.10_027

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
etherCatalyst::Plugin::Authenticationbefore 0.10_0270.10_027Patch availableCNA
  • Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication Vendorether Affected before 0.10_027 Fixed in 0.10_027 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication (ETHER) Fixed in 0.10_027

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-10007
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pfqm-wq4x-p42c

References

Patch 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-39793 Etherpad: JWT `admin` claim presence-only check lets non-admin OAuth users invoke every Etherpad HTTP API endpoint CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-39789 Etherpad: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in etherpad-lite CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-39790 Link following in etherpad CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.2
  • TI-2025-27313 Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::HTTP versions 1.018 and earlier for Perl use insecurely generated nonces CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-39792 Information disclosure in etherpad CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2026-39794 Etherpad: Stored XSS in HTML export via unescaped attribute-pool values CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
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